diff --git a/crates/tap-agent/Cargo.toml b/crates/tap-agent/Cargo.toml
index 7cb728af8..c809f0931 100644
--- a/crates/tap-agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tap-agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ lazy_static.workspace = true
 thegraph-core.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
-tonic.workspace = true 
+tonic.workspace = true
 bigdecimal = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 graphql_client.workspace = true
 
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@ ractor = { version = "0.14", features = [
 tap_aggregator.workspace = true
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false }
 bon = "3.3"
-test-assets = { path = "../test-assets" , optional=true}
+test-assets = { path = "../test-assets", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+# Release-please breaks with cyclical dependencies if dev-dependencies
+# import the current crate. For testing we import the current crate with the `test`
+# feature enabled in order to enable test-only infrastructure within our app when running tests.
+my-crate = { package = "indexer-tap-agent", path = ".", features = ["test"] }
 tempfile = "3.8.0"
 wiremock.workspace = true
 wiremock-grpc = "0.0.3-alpha3"
@@ -59,4 +63,3 @@ test-assets = { path = "../test-assets" }
 test-log = { version = "0.2.12", default-features = false }
 bon = "3.3"
 rstest = "0.24.0"
-indexer-tap-agent = { path = ".", features = ["test"] }